by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Jan 10, 2020 | News & Events
Many groups have photo contests and engage in photo walks. Did you know that Apple is currently offering a Night mode photo challenge? iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max offer a best-in-class camera experience, and Apple in interested in seeing stunning Night mode shots from users around the world.
Why not combine a Today at Apple Photo Skills session with night photography at your group’s next meeting? Do your members have a photo they would like to submit? Photos can be shared on Instagram, Twitter, Weibo, or via email. See the news release for submission details. The challenge ends January 29, so don’t delay.
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/01/share-your-best-iphone-night-mode-photos/
https://www.apple.com/today/
Ambassadors: January is a great month to check out Today at Apple.
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Dec 15, 2019 | News & Events
Looking for a fun end-of-the-year meeting topic? Apple’s Best of 2019 offers a look at the best of the best from Apple Developers in 2019. From the best Apps of the year for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac, to the best games, Trends of the Year, apps that enhance the Storyteller Within, and a new category: Apple Arcade Game of the Year, Apple’s Best of 2019 drills down to recognize excellence.
Read about these amazing apps.
https://developer.apple.com/app-store/best-of-2019/
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Nov 14, 2019 | News & Events
Looking for a short set of presentations on the newest 16″ MacBook Pro for your group’s meeting? ASW has two new documents that provide all the information you need to make a great group presentation.
ASW offers MacBook Pro – Then and Now, November 13, 2019 (L578071A-en_US) and MacBook Pro – First Look, November 13, 2019 (L578070A-en_US).
Ambassadors: November is a great month to use Apple resources for your meetings.
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by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Oct 11, 2019 | News & Events
You may have met Bill Medlow at a Macworld user group event or chatted with him by email. For more than twenty one years, Bill has been president of the Long Island Mac User Group (LIMac – currently over 260 members!) and he is retiring this year. Congrats on many years of faithful service Bill. Hope retirement brings new adventures and much fun.
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by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Oct 10, 2019 | News & Events
Have your members seen the new iWork for Mac, iPadOS, and iOS? Along with Clips and iMove, ASW has information about the recent releases. Better yet, Richard Byrne’s IPAD APPS FOR SCHOOL Blog offers an interesting idea for creating green screen movies with iMove on iPad. Your members might enjoy learning his techniques.
IPAD APPS FOR SCHOOL Blog:
http://ipadapps4school.com/how-to-make-green-screen-videos-on-an-ipad/
ASW’s New Articles:
Clips – First Look (L573379A-en_US)
iMovie – First Look (L544682A-en_US)
iWork for iPadOS and iOS (L575794A-en_US)
iWork for Mac – First Look (L575795A-en_US)
https://asw.apple.com/
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Oct 9, 2019 | News & Events
Joseph Keller and Mick Symons of iMore published a wonderful series of tips on keyboard accessibility features on a Mac back in July. If you haven’t read the article yet, be sure to take a read. It might make for a great meeting topic.
How to use keyboard accessibility features
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Aug 10, 2019 | News & Events
Macstock 2019 . . . Best Yet!
by Tom Piper
Macstock V on July 28-29, 2019, was the fifth annual gathering of Apple faithful at the Luecht Conference Center on the McHenry County College campus in Crystal Lake, IL (near Woodstock, an hour northwest of Chicago). With a theme of CREATE!, it had over 200 Apple advocates in attendance with people from California to Tucson to New York to England. There were 10 featured speakers and 5 special speakers with over 13 hours of content (including OWC demos).
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by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | Jun 16, 2019 | News & Events
Is your group looking for a short and fun presentation? You may want to visit the Product Placement Blog, which has a section covering appearances of your favorite devices on your favorite TV shows and movies… 97 pages of appearances. From an iPhone 5S on House of Cards to an amazing number of Apple products in Season 1 of Trinkets, it is a fun browse.
Some Apple Product Placements
by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | May 15, 2019 | News & Events
For more than 19 years Michael Horton, founder of the LA Creative Pro User Group (LACPUG), has brought storytellers together, and during NAB 2019 he was presented with a well-deserved Lifetime Achievement Award on the Faster Together Stage. Way back in 2000 Michael was interested in bringing people together to meet, learn about technologies that can help creatives tell their stories and create their art, and create community. He started the LA Final Cut Pro group in 2000, was instrumental in groups moving from a single tool to a focus on the greater creative pro community, and was a co-founder of the CPUG Network and their SuperMeets. Over the past few years, there have been wildly popular SuperMeets in London, Austin, Amsterdam, San Jose, Boston and San Francisco, each with its World Famous Raffle and each offering another opportunity to enhance the lives and expand the networks of creatives across the world.
Congrats to Michael – Can’t wait to see what he will do over the next 19 years!
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by Saundra (Sandy) Foderick, Editor | May 14, 2019 | News & Events
You may not be aware of PioData or their parent company, Vinpower Digital, but you have probably used their products quite a lot over the years. They were originally known for their automatic OEM CD, hard drive, optical drive, and DVD duplicating machines, as well as standalone drives. Over time they established their own line of CD, DVD, and Blue-ray disks, and provided disks for many popular vendors.
In 2015, Vinpower incorporated a line of compact and intuitive Apple MFI certified Lightning & USB 3 back-up and storage flash devices specifically designed for Apple iPhones, iPads, and iPods, allowing users to both back-up their photos and videos and expand the storage capacity of their Apple iPhones and iPads. Best of all, the devices also act as traveling media libraries where the user can watch movie/video content, listen to music/audio files, review documents in many popular formats, and more. Their current PioData offerings include duplication hardware for desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and servers, and electronic storage products for Apple devices.
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